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French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
Edward Sapir

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
Ben Jonson

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
Mark Haddon

I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences.
John Pomfret

Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another.
Gregory Bateson

People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
Thomas Perry

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.
David Ogilvy

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.
Louis Leakey

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.
Lewis Mumford

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.
Louis Leakey

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.
Hugh Lofting

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
Robert Burton

To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.
Nelson A. Miles

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.
Florenz Ziegfeld

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